Rishi Sunak on Tuesday became Britain’s third prime minister this year and the first person of colour to lead the former imperial power, vowing to mend its stricken finances after Liz Truss lasted just 49 days. Sunak was set to speak outside 10 Downing Street after his appointment by King Charles III, capping the latest […]
British Prime Minister Liz Truss on Thursday dramatically announced her resignation just six weeks after taking office. Truss bowed to the inevitable after her right-wing platform of tax cuts disintegrated and as many MPs among the ruling Conservatives revolted. Speaking in Downing Street, Truss said she would stay on as prime minister until a successor […]
The Nigeria Liquefied and Natural Gas (NLNG) Company has declared force majeure because the flooding ravaging the country which has disrupted supply, a spokesman for the company said on Monday. “The notice by the gas suppliers was a result of high floodwater levels in their operational areas, leading to a shut-in of gas production which […]
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State says one-third of the state has been submerged by flood, turning the already “bad situation” of the state as the “erosion capital of Nigeria” to “worse”. “The fundamental thing for us is not so much the ravage of this flood, it has made a bad situation worse for us […]
Chairman of the National Assembly Constitution Review Committee, Ovie Omo-Agege says six months after 44 constitution bills were passed and transmitted to State Houses of Assembly, only 11 out of the 36 State Houses of Assembly have demonstrated independence and loyalty to the country, as they are the only ones who have considered the bills. […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it called off its eight-month strike due to a court order and appeals from Nigerians. A court of appeal had ordered the striking lecturers to return to class after the National Industrial Court ruled against the union in a case brought to it by the Federal Goverment. Days after the appeal […]
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has granted leave to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to appeal the decision of the National industrial Court of Nigeria delivered on the 21st of September. In a ruling delivered by Justice Hamman Barka on Oct 7th and made public today, the court granted ASUU 7 […]
The Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom has expressed confidence in the Igbo people, saying they have the potential to rule Nigeria if given the opportunity. The governor, who made the expression in Makurdi, the state capital, on Wednesday when Igbo PDP Forum paid him a courtesy visit, said the South-Easterners are accommodating and hard working. […]
Despite President Muhammadu Buhari recently scoring his administration high on development indices ranging from security, energy and infrastructures recently, the Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai has blamed the lapses still bedevilling the oil and gas sector on the Federal Government. El Rufai claimed the lessons drawn from the telecommunications sector have shown that total or […]
President Muhammadu BUHARI has conferred the former Imo East Senator, Distinguished senator Dr Darlington Eze Ajoku with the national award of the Order of the Federal Republic, OFR. The Distinguished Senator who also doubles as the Managing director of darling fm, received the conferment during the National Honours Award Investiture ceremony at the International Conference […]
